Railroad-rail joint



(No Model.)

A. J. MOXHAM.

RAILROAD RAIL JOINT. v No. 513,711. Patented Jan. 30, 1894.

WITNESSES: 11v VENTOF A TTORNEY x UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

ARTHUR J. MOXHAM, OF JOHNSTOVVN, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILROAD-RAILVJOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 513,711, dated January30, 1894.

Application filed February 20, 1890. S i l N 341,206. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. MOXI-IAM, of J ohnstown, in the county ofOambria and State of .Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Railroad-Rail Joints, which invention or improvement isfully set forth and illustrated in the following specification andaccompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is sufiiciently indicated by its title.

The invention will first be described in detail and then particularlyset forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows the joint in end-elevationas applied to the rail which is shown in cross-section. Fig. 2 is aside-elevation of Fig. 1, looking to the right. Fig. 3 is a View in planof the chair portion of the joint only. Fig. 4 is a perspective View ofthe chair portion of the joint only. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of ashape of metal or T-blank preferably used for the construction of thechair-portion of the joint. Fig. 6 is an end-elevation of the joint,showing another form of clip or holding-down bolt for attaching the railto the chair, the rail being shown in cross-section.

In said figures the several parts are respectively indicated by lettersof reference as folows:

The letter A, indicates the chair portion of the joint; to, the base orfloor on which the rails rest; B, the two sides of the chair; I), b,

r the feet of the chair; 0, a brace formed integral with thechair-structure A, and which comes up against one side of the railR; D,a splice-bar; E, F, clips and keys for holding the rail down to thechair; and G, bolts for uniting the brace and splice-bars togetherthrough-the webs of the rails.

The manner of constructing this joint is as follows:-The two abuttingends of the rails being properly placed upon the chair against the bracethereof the splice-bar D is put in place and the whole firmly united bythe bolts G, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The clips E, which hold therails down to the chair and which are themselves held in place by thekeys F, are then inserted in the elongated the brace C may besufliciently cut away in the center if it is desired to use a separatesplice-bar to effect the splice made by the brace.

By means of the rail-joint above described the splice-bar bearing of theordinary joint is reinforced with a bearing-plate at the bottom firmlyclamped to the lower flange of the rail.

I do not confine myself to the particular forms of clip shown as anyother well-known suitable device may be substituted therefor; nor do Iconfine myself to the construction of the chair out of the shape ofmetal or T-blank shown in Fig. 5. I

The invention is applicable to all girder forms of chair whether abox-girder or not, and the brace portion may be upon either side of thechair, the splice-bar being upon the other side.

It is obvious that the shapes of the rails are not essential to theapplication of this device,

but may vary to suit varying circumstances.

Having thus fully described my said improvement as of my invention, Iclaim- 1. A rail-joint consisting of the following named elements incombination; a base-plate supported by two vertical sides provided withtwo angular feet; a brace on one side attached to the'ends of abuttingrails; and a separate splice-bar acting as a washer for said bolts.

2. A rail-joint consisting of the following named elements incombination: a base-plate supported by two vertical sides provided withtwo angular feet; a brace on one side attached to the ends of abuttingrails by bolts; a separate splice-bar acting as a washer for said bolts;and clips attaching the flanges of the rails directly to the base-plateof the chair.

ARTHUR J. MOXHAM.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS P. REILLY, J ACOB WASHBURN.

